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    Gabby Jupp on THWTS

    If you haven't seen this documentary on The Hard way to Success, it's definitely worth a watch. I'd love to see her in Rio.
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    Olympic Hopes 2014

    A nice win for Team GB, just looking at the scores. The juniors coming through are looking pretty good! Glasgow should be good in December. I hope its streamed on GB TV again.
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    Parents Growth plate injuries?

    What does it mean? It sounds scary, I overheard some parents talking about it at a comp earlier in the year and one was saying something along the lines of increased hours=increased risk of growth plate injuries? Is it because of the increased exposure or is it around repetition of moves? It...
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    Parents Home and gymnastics

    Any tips? Including gymnastics, dd1 does 8hrs extra curricular stuff (plus commutes) a week (which I know isn't loads compared to a lot of people) but as she's getting older her homework is increasing. Also her homework isn't focusing on the areas I'd like, so I'm trying to get her to do extra...
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    WAG Daft commonwealth games question

    In the Individual Wag (& Mag) events - do they have medals for each piece or is it overall that counts in the medals?
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    Parents Achilles pain?

    Dd1 complains of sore heels, usually on days she's exerted herself (gymnastics days, cross country running, long walks). She's 9, she doesn't do loads of gymnastics (3hrs/wk) so i don't think it is necessarily gymnastics related but I thought I'd ask on here if anyone had similar experiences and...
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    WAG 18hrs vs 24hrs/week

    I know there's a lot of threads on here about how many hours gymnasts do, and I wasn't sure where to post this. At elite level is does the curve of ability level off at a certain number of hours? Can too many hours cause a young gymnast to burn out? Is there a benefit of someone doing 24hrs a...
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    Parents Do you do conditioning/practice with your children?

    Bit lighthearted but for the non-gymnast parent do you do gymnastics fitness with your children? Inspired by my dds abs we do some stuff together at home, I'm looking for more ideas - we do planks (with raises), sit ups, v-sits, jumps (pike/straddle/tuck/straight) press ups and hand stand...
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    Parents Confidence shattered

    My eldest (9) has a 4 piece comp coming up (it's local, not-grades) - she was all excited and keen. Her coaches had really boosted her up, telling her how well she can do and using her to demonstrate etc. Then they realised she's a year older than they thought, so she has to change her routines...
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    Parents Beam dismount?

    Dd1 has been working on a front walkover off our footstool at home (which i try to stop her doing, as I dont like her doing that sort of thing at home) and at gym last night she did it off the beam - so she goes into a handstand at the end of the beam, arches over and lands on her feet. Is this...

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